Jim Fall

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Jim Fall
Born (1962-12-13) December 13, 1962 (age 63)
Albion, New York, US
Alma materTemple University
New York University
OccupationsDirector and producer
Years active1999–present
WebsiteOfficial site

James Fall (born December 13, 1962)[1] is an American film and television director and film producer. He is best known as the director of Trick (1999) and The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003).[1][2][3][4]

Career

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Fall's directorial debut was the 1999 gay-themed independent film Trick,[1][2][3][4] which was picked up for North American distribution by Fine Line Features soon after its screening at the Sundance Film Festival,[5] where it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize.[1][6] The film also won the Siegessäule Special Jury Teddy Award at the Berlin International Film Festival,[7] and Outfest's Special Programming Committee Award for Outstanding Emerging Talent.

In 2003, Fall directed Disney's The Lizzie McGuire Movie.[1][3][4] He later directed several TV movies, including Wedding Wars (2006)[8][9] and the holiday-themed films Holiday Engagement (2011), Holly's Holiday (2012) and Kristin's Christmas Past (2013).[4][10] Fall's award-winning short films He Touched Me and Love is Deaf, Dumb and Blind aired on the USA Network and Nickelodeon.[1]

In 2018, Fall announced Trick 2, a sequel to Trick which he had written and will direct.[6][11]

Fall's television credits include episodes of Grosse Pointe (2000) and So NoTORIous (2006).[1][4] He has also had a career in theatre, directing a number of stage productions in New York City.[1]

Fall is an alumnus of Temple University and New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.[1][2]

Personal life

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Fall is openly gay.[3] In 2006 he married his then-boyfriend on the Halifax, Nova Scotia set of Wedding Wars.[9]

Filmography

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Director credits
Year Title Notes
1999 Trick[1][2][3][4] Independent film
2000 Grosse Pointe[1] TV series/Episode: "Puppet Master"
2000 Damaged Goods[1] TV series pilot
2003 The Lizzie McGuire Movie[1][3][4] Feature film
2006 So NoTORIous[4] TV series/Episodes: "Street" and "Accommodating"
2006 Wedding Wars[4][8][9] TV movie
2011 Holiday Engagement[4] TV movie
2012 Holly's Holiday[4] TV movie
2013 Kristin's Christmas Past[10] TV movie
TBA Trick 2[6][11] Feature film

References

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  • Official website
  • Jim Fall at IMDb
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